Colón, Panama

There was really nothing much to see here.  We walked outside and went to a place called the Free Zone or Zonas Libre.  The stores are all tax free.  It looked like a compound.  The stores were all behind this huge wall with guards in the front.  You paid $1 to go in.  They were nice stores.  I found my BLV cologne.  Normally my cologne for that size is about $75.  I paid $35.  Not only were the tax free but their prices are about 50% off the normal price.  

Then as we were walking, the sky let out and it poured hard!  None of us were prepared for it except for Karen and Brian.  We bought $5 umbrellas.  They were nice and big.  The streets were flooded and water went above our ankles.  I rang my socks and let them dry in the bathtub.  My shoes are out in the balcony drying.  The were soaked.

Oh well.  That was our first time in Colón and probably the last.

Next stop, Cartagena, Colombia.  See you then!